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Past & Future Tenses

Past and future conjugation across binyanim and time expressions
עבר בפעל — נטייה מלאה
Pa'al past — full conjugation
katavti, katavta, katavt, katav, katva
Full past tense paradigm of Pa'al
עתיד בפעל — נטייה מלאה
Pa'al future — full conjugation
echtov, tichtov, tichtevi, yichtov, tichtov
Full future tense paradigm of Pa'al
עבר בפיעל: דיברתי
Pi'el past: I spoke
dibarti, dibarta, diber
Past tense in the Pi'el binyan
עתיד בפיעל: אדבר
Pi'el future: I will speak
adaber, tedaber, yedaber
Future tense in Pi'el
עבר בהפעיל: הזמנתי
Hif'il past: I invited
hizmanti, hizmanta, hizmin
Past tense in Hif'il (causative)
עתיד בהפעיל: אזמין
Hif'il future: I will invite
azmin, tazmin, yazmin
Future tense in Hif'il
גזרת ל"ה בעבר: קניתי
lamed-he verbs past: I bought
kaniti, kanita, kana
Roots ending in ה conjugate specially
פעלי ע"ו: גר, קם, שר
ayin-vav verbs: lived, got up, sang
gar, kam, shar
Hollow verbs with vav/yod middle root letter
ציווי: כתוב! לך! שב!
imperative: write! go! sit!
ktov! lech! shev!
Imperative forms (often replaced by future in speech)
רצף זמנים בסיפור
tense sequence in narration
narrative tense flow
Coordinating past, present and future in storytelling